The Greenspace Alliance sent a letter to the Mayor and Councillors, and to the KNL developers (Urbandale and Richcraft), calling January 4 a day of shame for Ottawa. A petition initiated by a concerned citizen was launched on January 14. Here is the protocol KNL is following, as conveyed by its agent, Jack Stirling. On…
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On July 13, 2016 , Ottawa City Council approved an Official Plan Amendment to implement a Community Design Plan for Kanata North — a 181 ha parcel, variously owned, and future location of some 3,000 housing units, schools and much retail and sports fields. The plan was three years in the making. Contrary to how…
On May 20, 2016 Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly tasked the National Capital Commission with a review of possible locations for a new Hospital. A report is due in November. (Ottawa Citizen; CBC News; more in the Citizen here and here) The Coalition wasted no time meeting with NCC officials. We received assurances that the…
On March 10, 2016 Joanne Chianello on CBC News puts the key question: Why does TOH need 60 acres? Cameron Love gives five reasons why they need so much space and makes a comparison with a new hospital in Dallas; it, however, serves a metropolitan area of 7 million. He concedes that some parts of…
Dear Supporter of the Central Experimental Farm, Thank you for your expression of support for the Central Experimental Farm. The Coalition feels we are at a critical juncture with respect to the choice of site of the Hospital. Now is the time to contact the decision-makers in the federal and provincial governments, since undoubtedly the…
Eight years after The Ottawa Hospital decided it wanted land on the Central Experimental Farm for a new Civic campus, and sixteen months after then Minister Baird granted its wish, the public was finally invited to a public meeting under the banner “A Community Discussion on a 21st Century Hospital in the heart of Ottawa.” …
February 10, 2016 Published on StittsvilleCentral.ca and on UnpublishedOttawa.com: Developer’s plan fails to show ‘overall benefit’ for Kanata Lakes species at risk After intensive negotiations with the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Kanata Lakes North Development Inc. (KNL) has applied for a permit to destroy up to 124 hectares of Blanding’s Turtle habitat,…
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PDF of this submission 4 February 2016 To: Mr. Scott Lee, Resources Operations Supervisor Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Regional Operations Division, Southern Region, Kemptville District By Email – scott.lee [at] ontario.ca Re: “Overall benefit” application by KNL (EBR 012-6270) Dear Mr. Lee, SUMMARY + This Notice was defective from the start because the…
January 30, 2016 Documents obtained through Access to Information lift the veil off the much-repeated assertion that, absolutely, 60 acres across the road from the Civic Hospital is the best and only option for a new campus. In March 2014 a senior official of The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) responded to the National Capital Commission answering…